Biointensive and Organically Acceptable Pest Management Literacy Training
Rex Dufour, National Center for Appropriate Technology
– Increasing knowledge of pest versus beneficial organisms.
– Providing information on proactive and reactive organic pest management options.
– Introducing culturally accessible sources of technical information.
This initiative addresses the lack of Biointensive IPM resources available in Spanish, which are often not accessible to Latino farmers or farmworkers. The training produced two key outcomes: a series of four workshops and a graphic-rich, text-light document in Spanish on organic IPM. The workshops were held at the ALBA facility in Salinas in 2003, covering:
– July: Pest and Beneficial Insects
– August: Plant Diseases
– September: Weeds
– October: Vertebrate Pests
Region
West/Southwest
Topic
Insect/Pest Management
Category
Vegetables/Fruits
Date Range
2001-2010
Funding Amount
$6,999
Funding Year
2002Location
Davis, California
Collaborators
Martin Guerena, Ann Baier,
National Center for Appropriate Technology
